The most we can hope for when we write anything is dazzling imperfection. The least we can hope for is accolades from one or two people who don't know us. Spending all afternoon on "the right word" is...
Never stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done!
One day someone will fall in love with you despite all your flaws! Then magic will happen in your life!
Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.
Breaking through writer's block is like thinking out of the box: Both require an ability to imagine a world outside your four walls or rearranging them to get a better view.
Pretend you're not spending $3 to read one of my books but buying me a coffee and having a conversation about yourself.
You resting your head tenderly on my shoulders while we sit below the old Oak tree. And we smile at each other and gaze lovingly at the fascinating sunset over the hills. This moment makes me feel com...
A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite of passion.
Your sensitivity, your tenderness, your eyes make me pick up my pen and write, Mrignayni!
Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.
A tweet a day keeps writer's block away.
To be motivated to write a novel, I need to be unable not to write.
Art consist of a writer or painter’s psychosis extirpated on the canvas of his choosing, a truism whether one is inspecting a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece or deciphering the incomprehensible utterings...
Shy people are my favorites. The unmistakable glint of shyness in someone's eyes can mesmerize me for years!
When you write a manuscript, it feels like being in a relationship with someone. You'll hate it, get bored with it, be pissed of, like you just want to break up. But, just like any relationship, you w...
Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.
You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.
I meet people and they become chapters in my stories.
When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.
When I write, I can be hear. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.